remand

[ri-mand, -mahnd]

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verb (used with object)

to send back, remit, or consign again.
Law.
1. to send back (a case) to a lower court from which it was appealed, with instructions as to what further proceedings should be had.
2. (of a court or magistrate) to send back (a prisoner or accused person) into custody, as to await further proceedings.

noun

the act of remanding.
the state of being remanded.
a person remanded.

Origin of remand

1400–50; late Middle English remaunden (v.) < Old French remander < Late Latin remandāre to repeat a command, send back word, equivalent to re- re- + mandāre to entrust, enjoin; see mandate

Related formsre·mand·ment, nounun·re·mand·ed, adjective

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Related Words for remanded

postponed, delayed, negotiated, incarcerate, apprehend, detain, jail, commit, hold, remand, obstruct, defer, restrict, suspend, bar, shelve, prevent, withhold, stay, prolong

Examples from the Web for remanded

Contemporary Examples of remanded

Morgan was remanded and on Monday he was on his way back to North Carolina, where he was once a bodybuilding champion.
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August 12, 2014
On appeal in 2006, she was found to be not guilty by reason of insanity and remanded to a psychiatric hospital.
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Jean Kim
August 5, 2014
She was initially freed on $100,000 bail, but was remanded after two of her co-defendants absconded.
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June 22, 2014
She was remanded in custody (along with Sollecito and later that night, Lumumba).
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Barbie Latza Nadeau
June 20, 2014
Also remanded was “the Chinese guy,” Alexander Chan, who had served five years on a 1997 heroin conviction.
Mafia’s Cocaine-in-a-Can Bust
Michael Daly
February 12, 2014

Historical Examples of remanded

Christian, who it seems had been remanded, contrives to escape.
Bunyan
James Anthony Froude
The jury decided that Roe was guilty of the act, and remanded him for trial.
The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851
Various
He was then remanded by Bonner, with an order not to allow him his Bible nor candlelight.
Fox's Book of Martyrs
John Foxe
He was then informed of his sentence, and remanded to his prison.
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745
Mrs. Thomson
The old Antiquary is remanded back to jail—to wait the coming day.
An Outcast
F. Colburn Adams

British Dictionary definitions for remanded

remand

verb (tr)

law (of a court or magistrate) to send (a prisoner or accused person) back into custody or admit him to bail, esp on adjourning a case for further inquiries to be made
to send back

noun

the sending of a prisoner or accused person back into custody (or sometimes admitting him to bail) to await trial or continuation of his trial
the act of remanding or state of being remanded
on remand in custody or on bail awaiting trial or completion of one's trial

Derived Formsremandment, noun

Word Origin for remand

C15: from Medieval Latin remandāre to send back word, from Latin re- + mandāre to command, confine; see mandate

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Word Origin and History for remanded

remand

mid-15c., from Middle French remander "send for again" (12c.) or directly from Late Latin remandare "to send back word, repeat a command," from Latin re- "back" (see re-) + mandare "to consign, order, commit to one's charge" (see mandate (n.)). Specifically in law, "send back (a prisoner) on refusing an application for discharge." Related: Remanded; remanding.